Playing at the end position, Bomeisler developed a reputation as a fast and powerful player, "a hard and deadly tackler,"[2] and the strongest man on the Yale team.

[5][6] He was also named to the "Football Honor List for 1911," as selected by coaches from the East and West for publication in "Outing" magazine.

"[4] In May 1912, Bomeisler was overlooked by Yale's three senior secret societies -- Skull and Bones, Scroll and Key and Wolf's Head.

[1][9] A syndicated newspaper report published in November 1912 noted:"The crown of hard luck king certainly belongs to Douglass Bomeisler, the star Yale end.

[3] In November 1912, newspapers reported, "All Yale men were enthusiastic over the indicators that the 188 pound whirlwind Bomeisler would be at end.

One newspaper reported:"What the score might have been had not Bomeisler and Ketcham shown such speedy work in nailing Harvard backs and breaking up the crimson offense, was a subject for speculation tonight.

He was out of the fray most of the year with a badly injured shoulder, but his sensational work while he lasted in the Harvard game alone would entitle him to the position.

[19] He was an assistant to the Hall of Fame coach Howard Jones, who was Yale's first salaried resident football instructor.

[21] Bomeisler' photograph, practicing a bayonet charge, was published under the headline, "His Football Training Will Stand Him In Good Stead Now.

[23] In 1972, Douglass M. Bomeisler was posthumously inducted into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame as part of a class that included Everett Strupper, Bart Macomber, Ray Eichenlaub and Percy Wendell.